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DBMS > OrigoDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. QuestDB vs. Vertica

System Properties Comparison OrigoDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. QuestDB vs. Vertica

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NameOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websiteorigodb.comwww.postgres-xl.orgquestdb.iowww.vertica.com
Technical documentationorigodb.com/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationquestdb.io/­docsvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperRobert Friberg et alQuestDB Technology IncOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release2009 infounder the name LiveDB2014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB20142005
Current release10 R1, October 201812.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla public licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC#CJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line ProtocolYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.no infocan be achieved using .NETyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalitynono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infodistributed, parallel query executionSQL with time-series extensionsFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languages.Net.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyes infoDomain Eventsyesnoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedhorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritydepending on modelyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoMVCCACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoWrite ahead logyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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OrigoDBPostgres-XLQuestDBVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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